Combined original package and safe for matches.



I'. F. THEOBALD. -GOMBINBD ORIGINAL PAGKAGE AND SAF?J EUR MATGHES.

APPLICATION FILEILAPR. 28,1909.

nUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND F.1TI-IEBALD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED ORIGINAL PACKAGE AND SAFE FOR MATCHES.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND F. THEO- BALD, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyhago andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improved CombinedOriginal Package and Safe for Matches; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the Y art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to acombined original package and safe formatches, and pertains more especially to an original package which canbe attached to a wall or placed endwise on a table or shelf and used asa match-safe.

The primary object of this invention is to make an original packagewhich can be used as a match-safe and has its component partsconstructed and relatively arranged to render them capable of beingreadily and economically assembled.

Another object is to provide a combined original package and match-safewhich can be made approximately as cheaply as the original rectangularpackage heretofore generally employed.

With these objects in view, and to the end of realizing any otheradvantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certainfeatures of construction, and combinations and arrangement of partshereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a section taken horizontally throughan original package arranged in a horizontal plane and embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22, Fig. 1, looking inthe direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionillustrating the package shown in Figs. 1 and 2 arranged endwisevertically and supported from a wall and used as a match-safe. Fig. 4 isa horizontal section on line 4 4, Fig. 3, looking downfward1y. Fig. 5 isa vertical section on line "5 5, Fig. 8, looking in the directionindicated by the arrow, and portions are broken away in Fig. 5 to moreclearly show the construction.

My improved combined original package and safe for matches comprises theusual rectangular box or receptacle A which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,has a bottom 6, two oppo- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application led April 28, 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

serial No. 492,633.

tents of the receptacle when the latter is laden with matches (notshown), with an opening b which extends across the free edges of andbetween the side walls 9 and 9 of the receptacle A and across the freeedge of the adjacent end wall 7 of the receptacle to the free extremityof the said end of the cover, as shown very clearly in Fig. 5. Theopening b therefore communicates with and forms an outlet for thereceptacle A for the discharge of matches from the said receptacle.

lVhen the original package is closed as shown in Fig. 2, the opening bin the cover B is closed by the front al of a tray D which has itsbottom arranged next externally of and parallel with the end wall 7 ofthe receptacle A. The tray D is suitably supported from the receptacleA, and the original package when it is in position to be used as amatch-safe is arranged endwise vertically as shown in Fig. 3 with thetray D at the lower end of the package, and at .the other end of thepackage two registering holes or perforations 12 and 13 are formed inthe receptacle-bottom 6 and cover B, respectively, and shown engaged inFig. 3 by a nail E driven into the wall C from which the package isshown supported in the said ligure.

The 4tray D to render the package suitable for use as a match-safe is,as shown in Figs. 3, l and 5, slid or actuated outwardly to permitmatches (not shown) to move from within the receptacle A through theopening in the cover B into the said tray from which they can be removedone or Va few at a time not unlike in any ordinary matchsafe. It will beobserved therefore that the front CZ of the tray D closes the opening 7Jin the cover B, or is removed outwardly from the said opening, accordingas the tray is in its inner position shown `in Fig. 2 or in itsouterposition shown in Fig. 3, and that the tray in its outer positionis arranged to conduct matches from the opening or outlet b to a pointbeyond the exterior of the cover.

The tray D has two side members or sides 15 and 15 interposed betweenthe external gio surface of opposite side walls 9 and 9 respectively ofthe receptacle A and the cover B. The side members or sides 15 of thetray preferably extend inwardly from the front of the tray at oppositeends respectively of the front and prevent endwise displacement of anymatches from the bottom of the tray when the latter is in its outerposition in the match-safe-forming position of the package. y

Means whereby the tray D is held to the receptacle A during theactuation ofthe tray and in either position of the tray withoutinterfering with the movability of thel tray preferably comprise abail-shaped member which has opposite end portions 16 and 16 thereofparallel and connected with opposite sides 15 and 15 respectively of thetray at the inner end of the tray and arranged between the externalsurface of op-` posite side walls respectively of the receptacle A andthe cover B and extending longitudinally of and parallel with the saidwalls. The said bail-shaped member has its central portion 17 arrangedand extending across the external surface of the end wall 8 of thereceptacle A. Obviously the end wall 7 of the receptacle A, having itsexternal surface overlapped by the bottom of the tray in either positionof the tray, prevents displacement of the tray endwise of the cover C inone direction, and it will be observed that the central portion 17 ofthe bail-shaped member, overlapping the external surface of the otherend wall S of the said receptacle A in either position of the tray,prevents displacement of the tray endwise of the cover in the oppositedirection. It will be observed also that the said bailshaped member ofthe tray and the side 10 of the cover constitute 'means for limiting theoutward movement of the tray.

I would here remark that in assembling the parts the tray D is appliedto the receptacle A preparatory to the application of the cover B andthereupon the said cover is slid onto the said receptacle in thedirection of the tray.

The tray D is provided with a recess 2() formed in and centrally of theinner edge of the bottom of the tray, and the central portion 17 of thebail-shaped member is provided centrally of its inner edge with a recess21. The recesses 20 and 21 are for convenience in actuating the trayfrom its inner into its outer position. The person taking hold of theoriginal package, preparatory to actuating the tray from its inner intoits outer position, places the thumbs. of his hands against the externalsurface of the side 10 of the cover B and places the tip of a finger ofone hand within the recess 20 and the tip of a finger of the other handWithin the recess 21, and thereupon actuates the said lingers toward thesaid side of the cover and thereby shifts the tray from its inner intoits outer position.

What I claim is 1. In a package of the character indicated,

a rectangular receptacle having a bottom, two -opposite end walls andtwo opposite side walls; a telescoping cover which receives thereceptacle endwise and is provided at one end and in one of its sideswith an opening which extends across the free edges of and between theside walls of the receptacle and across the free edge of the adjacentend wall of the receptacle to the free extremity of the said end of thecover; a slidable tray having its bottom arranged externally of the saidend wall and provided with a front which closes the aforesaid opening oris removed outwardly from the opening according as the tray is in itsinner or outer position, said tray having two sides which extend inwardfrom the front of the tray between t-he external surface of oppositeside walls respectively of the said receptacle and the cover, and meanswhereby displacement of the tray endwise of the cover is prevented.

2. In a package of the character indicated, a quadrangular receptaclehaving a bottom, two opposite end walls and two opposite side walls; atelescoping cover which receives the receptacle endwise and is providedat one end and in one of its sides with an opening which extendstransversely of the receptacle at the free edges and between the sidewalls of the receptacle, and a slidable tray provided with a front whichcloses the said opening or is removed outwardly from the openingaccording as the tray is in its f inner or outer position and having itsbottom arranged parallel with the adjacent end wall of the receptacle,which tray has a bailshaped member which extends along the side wallsand other end1 wall of said receptacle and is arranged to hold the trayto the said receptacle in either position of the tray.

3. In a package of the character indicated, a rect-angular receptaclehaving a bottom, two opposite end walls and two opposite side walls; atelescoping cover which receives the receptacle endwise and is providedat one end and in one of its sides with an opening which extends acrossthe free edges of and between the side walls of the receptacle andacross the free edge of the adjacent end Wall of the receptacle to thefree extremity of the said end of the cover, and a movable tray havingits bottom arranged externallykof'y the said end wall and provided witha front which closes the aforesaid opening or is removed outwardly fromthe opening according as the trayV is in its inner or outer position,which tray has a bail-shaped mem# ber which has itsopposite end-portions,ar-

ranged between the external surface of opey posite side wallsrespectively of the aforesaid receptacle and the cover and extendinglongitudinally of the said walls, said bailshaped member having itscentral portion arranged and extending across the external surface ofthe other end wall of the said receptacle.

4. In a package of the character indicated, a rectangular receptaclehaving a bottom, two opposite end walls and two opposite side walls; atelescoping cover which receives the receptacle endwise and is provided,at one end and in one of its sides, with an opening which extends acrossthe free edges of and between the side walls of the receptacle andacross the free edge of the adjacent end wall of the receptacle to thefree extremity of the said end of the cover, and a movable tray havingits bottom arranged externally of the last-mentioned end wall of theaforesaid receptacle and provided with a front which closes theaforesaid opening or is removed outwardly from the opening according asthe tray is in its inner or outer position, which tray has two sidemembers interposed between the external surface of opposite side wallsrespectively of the aforesaid receptacle and the cover, said tray havinga bail-shaped member which has its opposite end-portions connected withopposite side members respectively of the tray and arranged between theexternal surface of opposite side walls respectively of the aforesaidreceptacle and the cover and extending longitudinally of the said walls,said bail-shaped member having its central portion arranged andextending across the external surface of the other end wall of the saidreceptacle.

5. In a package of the character indicated, l

a rectangular receptacle having a bottom, two opposite end walls and twoopposite side walls, and a telescoping cover which receives thereceptacle endwise and is provided, at one end and in one ofits sides,with an opening which extends across the free edges of and between theside walls of the receptacle and across the free edge of the adjacentend wall of the receptacle to the free extremity of the said end of thecover, of a movable tray having its bottom arranged next externally ofthe last-mentioned end wall and provided with a front which closes theaforesaid opening or is removed outwardly from the opening according asthe tray is in its inner or outer position, which tray has two sidemembers interposed between the external surface of opposite side wallsrespectively of the aforesaid receptacle and the cover, said tray beingprovided with a recess in and centrally of the inner edge of the bottomof the tray, said tray having a bailshaped member which has its oppositeendportions connected with opposite side members respectively of thetray and arranged between the external surface of opposite side wallsrespectively of the aforesaid receptacle and the cover and extendinglongitudinally of the said walls, which bail-shaped memberl has itscentral portion arranged and extending across the external surface ofthe other end wall of the said receptacle and provided centrally of itsinner edge with a recess.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in thepresence of two witnesses. l

FERDINAND F. THEOBALD.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, B. C. BRowN.

